An effort to peer billions of light years into space is being called downright myopic. Backlash intensified Friday over a controversial plan to erect a massive telescope atop Hawaii’s Mauna Kea volcano, an area said to be considered sacred by Native Hawaiian groups. Following the arrest of 31 protesters at the site of the Thirty Meter Telescope, opponents are calling on Democratic Gov. David Ige and University of Hawaii President David Lassner to halt construction for 30 days so state offic...


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